Mindset: Resilience & grit
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Resilience & grit
Podcast
Ten pieces of life-changing wisdom from the Stoics
The Daily Stoic
July 18, 2021
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Productivity & habits
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Identity & self-belief
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- Memento mori resets perspective in any situation — wins or losses.
- Anger always makes things worse; the regret hangover proves it.
- Fools keep putting off living — the Stoics say seize today.
Deep work & focus
Podcast
Taming Distracting Thoughts: The Inner Dialogue
Deep Questions with Cal Newport
July 5, 2021
Deep work & focus
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Resilience & grit
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- Your wandering thoughts aren't distractions—engage with them through solitude and journaling.
- Creative rituals and the ramp technique sustain deep work without daily exhaustion.
- Rumination differs from healthy solitude; therapy helps when internal dialogue spirals obsessively.
Identity & self-belief
Podcast
Einstein: curiosity, nonconformity, and the cost of imprudence
Founders
June 22, 2021
Identity & self-belief
8
Deep work & focus
7
Resilience & grit
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- Being a brilliant rebel cost Einstein nine years of job rejections
- His miracle year happened with no prior signs of a breakthrough coming
- Curiosity and solitude, not raw intelligence, drove his greatest insights
Resilience & grit
Podcast
Grief and Entrepreneurship: Building Mental Resilience Through Life's Losses
Startups For the Rest of Us
June 15, 2021
Resilience & grit
9
Work-life balance
7
- Grief is embedded in entrepreneurship through exits, departures, and failures—learning to process it prevents burnout-driven decisions.
- Selling a company creates real loss despite financial success; skipping the emotional work causes months of post-exit disorientation.
- Burnout distorts decision-making and requires six weeks of rest to rebuild brain circuitry; use summer for restoration and diverse experiences.
Resilience & grit
Podcast
Ten pieces of life-changing wisdom from the Stoics
The Daily Stoic
June 13, 2021
Resilience & grit
9
Productivity & habits
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- External events can never ruin your character — only your choices can.
- Memento mori and amor fati: two mantras that reframe any situation.
- Epictetus: you cannot learn what you already think you know.
Identity & self-belief
YouTube
Stopping people-pleasing to stay true to yourself
Silicon Valley Girl
May 29, 2021
Identity & self-belief
9
Resilience & grit
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- Audacity matters more than talent if you ignore community doubt.
- You cannot control others' emotions — trying to makes life impossible.
- Bold self-honesty in communication filters for the right people fast.
Resilience & grit
Podcast
Theodore Roosevelt's near-death Amazon expedition and lessons in resilience
Founders
April 11, 2021
Resilience & grit
9
Management
5
- Roosevelt treated extreme physical hardship as his cure for depression
- The rainforest mirrors economic competition: specialization, niches, ruthless elimination
- Kermit's refusal to abandon his dying father saved both their lives
Resilience & grit
Podcast
Arthur Brooks and Ryan Holiday on Stoicism, Epicureanism, and the good life
The Daily Stoic
April 7, 2021
Resilience & grit
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Relationships & family
8
Mental health & wellbeing
7
- Stoic discipline is a joy — doing it to feel superior is the mistake.
- Money, power, fame crowd out the only four things that actually matter.
- Two intelligence curves: why your 50s can be your most creative decade.
Identity & self-belief
Podcast
Socrates, wisdom, and the philosophy of everyday life
The Daily Stoic
March 27, 2021
Identity & self-belief
7
Relationships & family
6
Resilience & grit
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- Socrates is misread as ironic — the dialogues are genuinely life-threatening stakes
- Why brilliant students (Alcibiades, Nero) turned out worst despite great teachers
- Raising philosophical kids starts with whether you're curious yourself
Resilience & grit
Podcast
Seven journaling strategies from Marcus Aurelius
The Daily Stoic
March 21, 2021
Resilience & grit
7
Mental health & wellbeing
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- Marcus journaled for himself — never for an audience or publication.
- Repetition builds the muscle memory that turns philosophy into action.
- Evening review, not just morning prep, drives measurable performance gains.
Identity & self-belief
YouTube
Advice for women starting their first startup
Y Combinator
March 8, 2021
Identity & self-belief
9
Resilience & grit
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- Stop waiting — there is never a perfect moment to start
- Being a mom or outsider is a strength, not a barrier
- Build value for yourself, not someone else's company
Resilience & grit
Podcast
Four lessons from 2020: perspective, resilience, opportunity, and action
Startups For the Rest of Us
February 16, 2021
Resilience & grit
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Niche selection
7
Identity & self-belief
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- Startup problems shrink against crises like pandemics and civil unrest.
- Founders who ship publicly during chaos catch luck others never see.
- Recessions spawn new categories; hunters of emerging problems thrive.
Deep work & focus
YouTube
Focus as a Learnable Habit: Systems Over Willpower
Bill Gallagher
February 3, 2021
Deep work & focus
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Productivity & habits
8
Resilience & grit
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- Focus is learnable via purpose, process, and progress — not willpower.
- Saying no to almost everything is the top system of high performers.
- Setbacks reframed as happening for you, not to you, unlock growth.
Resilience & grit
Podcast
How to master your emotions with Sam Harris
Masters of Scale
January 26, 2021
Resilience & grit
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Productivity & habits
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- Your mind is the toolbox — every leadership tool depends on it.
- Meditation trains you to witness thoughts without being controlled by them.
- Failing fast and beginning again are the same mental skill.
Resilience & grit
YouTube
The emotional roller coaster of being a CEO and how to ride it
Cameron Herold
January 26, 2021
Resilience & grit
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Management
6
- Entrepreneurial traits are clinically identical to bipolar disorder symptoms
- Each roller coaster stage demands different actions — and forbids others
- Crisis of meaning requires unplugging, not pushing through